§ (".—(1) If at any time any particulars in a party's entry in the register which relate to any relevant matter cease to be accurate, the person registered as treasurer of the party must give the Commission a notification under this section.
§ (2) For the purposes of this section "relevant matter" means any of the following—
- (a) the name of any registered officer of the party;
- (b) the home address of any such officer;
- (c) the address of the party's headquarters (or, if it has no headquarters, the address to which communications to the party may be sent);
- (d) the name of the treasurer of any accounting unit of the party;
- (e) the name of any accounting unit of the party;
- (f) the address of the headquarters of any accounting unit of the party (or, if it has no headquarters, the address to which communications to the accounting unit may be sent).
§ (3) A notification under this section must specify the relevant matter in respect of which the registered particulars have ceased to be accurate, and—
- (a) if that matter is specified in subsection (2)(a) or (d), include an application for the registration of a person as a replacement for the person currently registered as holder of the office in question; and
- (b) otherwise, specify accurate particulars in respect of that matter.
§ (4) A notification under this section must be given to the Commission—
- (a) where subsection (1) applies by reason of the death or the termination for any other reason of the appointment of any registered officer of the party, within the period of 14 days beginning with the date of his death or the termination of his appointment;
- (b) where that subsection applies by reason of any other change in circumstances, within the period of 28 days beginning with the date when the change occurs.
§ (5) Where the Commission receive a notification under this section, they shall cause any change required as a consequence of the notification to be made in the party's entry in the register as soon as is reasonably practicable.
§ (6) In the case of a party with accounting units any reference to the party in subsection (2)(c) shall be read as a reference to the central organisation.
§ (7) For the purposes of this section any particulars held by the Commission in respect of the home address of any registered officer of the party shall be taken to be particulars contained in the party's entry in the register.
§ (8) Part IIA of Schedule 3 applies to applications under subsection (3)(a).").
§ The noble Lord said: I beg to move.
§ [Amendments Nos. 90A to 90C, as amendments to Amendment No. 90, not moved.]
§ On Question, Amendment No. 90 agreed to.
307§ Clause 28 [Confirmation of registered particulars etc]:
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Lord Bassam of Brighton moved Amendments Nos. 91 and 92:
Page 17, leave out lines 27 to 29 and insert—
("(b) so far as necessary to secure that such particulars will both be accurate and include any information so prescribed, contain one or more of the following, namely—
Page 17, line 39, at end insert—
("( ) For the purposes of this section any particulars held by the Commission in respect of the home address of any registered officer of the party shall be taken to be particulars contained in the party's entry in the register.").
§ On Question, amendments agreed to.
§ Clause 28, as amended, agreed to.
§ Clause 29 [Party ceasing to be registered]:
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Lord Bassam of Brighton moved Amendment No. 92A:
Page 18, line 11, leave out ("and IV") and insert ("to V").
§ On Question, amendment agreed to.
§ Clause 29, as amended, agreed to.
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Lord Bassam of Brighton moved Amendment No. 93:
After Clause 29, insert the following new clause—